News Abraham Lincoln, Mary Owens, and the accidental engagement In 1836, Abraham Lincoln found himself in a tenuous situation. He was engaged to a woman he barely knew and didn’t want to marry. Mrs. Elizabeth Abell had been pushing for a romance between Lincoln and her sister, Mary Owens, whom...
Spotlight on: Primary Source “Columbia’s Noblest Sons”: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, 1865 Art 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Abraham Lincoln’s death on April 14, 1865, stunned the nation. He was the first US president to be assassinated and the third to die in office. As Americans mourned, they also began to see him as a martyr and the savior of the Union....